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Asked: 2026-05-14T20:06:50+00:00

I’m trying to use an integer as the numerical representation of a string, for

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I’m trying to use an integer as the numerical representation of a string, for example, storing “ABCD” as 0x41424344. However, when it comes to output, I’ve got to convert the integer back into 4 ASCII characters. Right now, I’m using bit shifts and masking, as follows:

int value = 0x41424344;
string s = new string (
              new char [] { 
                 (char)(value >> 24), 
                 (char)(value >> 16 & 0xFF),
                 (char)(value >> 8 & 0xFF),
                 (char)(value & 0xFF) });

Is there a cleaner way to do this? I’ve tried various casts, but the compiler, as expected, complained about it.

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    int value = 0x41424344;
string s = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(
               BitConverter.GetBytes(value).Reverse().ToArray());

    (The above assumes that you’re running on a little-endian system. For big-endian you could just drop the .Reverse().ToArray() part, although if you are on a little-endian system then it would probably make more sense for you to just store “ABCD” as 0x44434241 in the first place, if possible.)

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